Category Archives: The Partnership

A new benefit is available to all NLLA members through The Partnership, Canada’s national network of provincial and territorial library associations. Perkopolis, Canada’s Discount Program, provides you with access to exclusive discounts (of up to 75% off!) on various products and services, like movies, hotels, gas, car rental, magazine subscriptions, insurance, and products from brands like Reitmans, The Body Shop, Michael Kors, Kate Spade, Swarovski, Dell, Samsung and many, many more. To sign up for Perkopolis, create an account for free through this special link.

As well, discounts are available to all NLLA members at the Our Library Association (OLA) Store. Need items for conferences or other functions, or for giveaways? Check out some of the featured products available through the online store. With each purchase, a portion of the funds will go back to NLLA!

Interested in buying banned book notebooks or library card socks? Get these items and more at a special rate just for members of The Partnership, Canada’s national network of provincial and territorial library associations, of which NLLA is a member.

NLLA members have been emailed a special promo code via our association listserv, so be sure to check your email! Receive 10% off your order from the Featured Products (for The Partnership) section of the store. Discount will be applied at checkout.

The Ontario Library Association (OLA) Store is a web-based retailer that provides professional development resources and book-themed goodies of interest to persons in education and library related fields. Shop entire catalogue.

How about a little professional development before heading out to see the little ghouls and goblins this Halloween? The NLLA Happenings Committee will be hosting an Education Institute webinar “Serving English as a Second Language Library Users”.

This webinar is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about serving this specific demographic.

The webinar will take place on October 31st from 3:30-4:30pm, and will be held in Room #5017A, on the 5th floor of the QEII Library, Memorial University.

The session will be given by Cate Carlyle, Librarian and Instructional Resource Assistant for the Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Centre Library at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.